Welcome to the forum, so far as far as I know there hasn't been a plastic template which has been created as a die amongst the HOTP offerings apart from some huge punches that were made for the flower flips etc... so I guess if you can find an identical die or punch then yeah that would replace the template

I am a big fan of both templates and dies and use them both constantly. I will say that now I have problems with my hands, I use my dies more often; however I don't think I'll ever stop using the templates - they are what first brought me to Paper Wishes.

I find that I have my favorite templates and favorite dies. I really like my design tools sets. I have the Bodacious Blooms template besides a few others. I think it depends on what your project is. Welcome to the mb. Judi